Toshiba announced a 200GB laptop hard drive

Toshiba has announced plans to market 200GB of laptop hard drives, built on new data logging technology - orthogonal recording technology.

The orthogonal recording technology is capable of storing data 5 times more than traditional magnetic recording technology. By allowing more data bits to pass through the drive's reader at the same time, the new technology also helps increase the flow of data without increasing the speed of the disk's rotation. Especially the orthogonal technology, although with greater performance, does not consume more power and does not generate heat.

Toshiba says it will use new hard drives for high-end laptops, including new models equipped with video processing capabilities and Windows XP Media Center operating system.

The 2.5-inch, 200GB laptop hard drive product will be launched in August, helping to increase storage capacity by 1.67 times compared to today's highest capacity laptop types. Toshiba.

It is known that not only Toshiba but Seagate and Hitachi are also applying the technology of recording directly to its small-size hard drive products, from hard drives for electronic devices, to hard drives for hearing aids. music, mobile .

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